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Summer Reading Recommendations from the Clinic

June 14, 2018 by Renee Limon

Are we there yet? It’s officially summer vacation for many of our families, and others are just days away. Did you sigh hugely with relief to have made it through the busy days of field trips, end-of-school parties, promotions/graduations, etc.? What does summer vacation look like in your family? Vacations, summer camps, sleeping in, picking local berries/fruits, and family adventures featuring places both near and far? Summer can also bring to mind the dreaded summer slide, so we’re again turning our attention to summer reading this year. Read on for our favorite books, and keep your ears open around the clinic for conversations about what you’re reading, recommending, and packing in your beach bag. We’re also making cute little book buddy bookmarks as our summer craft, so you’ll never lose your place in your book!

Jenny

I love any books without words. There are a ton of them: Anything by David Wiesner, Tuesday being one of my faves. Also Chalk by Bill Thomson. In fact, I think we could write a whole thing on books without words and how to use them. Note: We’ll have Jenny do that one of these days 🙂

Kim T.

I’m currently reading Need to Know by Karen Cleveland. I am a rather slow reader so I love finding a compelling novel that grabs my attention. Need to Know is my first spy novel and the combination of intrigue, family, trust, work, and loyalty have me hooked! I’d also recommend The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (for teens).

For therapy, I am loving Help!: A Story of Friendship by Holly Keller. This is a great picture book that lends itself well to working on S blends (stuck, snake, scared, spiky), themes of friendship, and story re-tell. It all starts when a mouse who is scared of snakes falls into a hole. And the snake is the only one who can help.

Kathleen

I am currently reading The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey, which is a great summer read — a mystery set in 1920s Bombay with the city’s first female lawyer as the main character. Really fun and super interesting. And I recently read Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman, and can’t recommend it enough — very quirky, funny, and heartbreaking all at one time.

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